Operating systems

No problem with W10 and C3d2013, 2017

Windows 10 here, almost everything CAD works the same as Windows 7. Only concerns with Windows 10 are privacy.

I upgraded computer and went Win 10 Pro.
Installed Intel i5, SSD and Nvidia Quadro K (something) card. Wasn't cheap.
Never looked back. (previous Win 7 Pro)

Runs Bricscad and MicrosurveyCad 2016 with ease.
As mentioned in another thread Intellicad has made some leaps forward and now in my view can be considered stable.
Does still have its foibles, but vastly improved.

There's settings on the Quadro for Cad use.

Only issue with Win 10 is it not keeping the primary monitor setting to never sleep. Despite being told to 'Never' sleep.
That's a pain as it then puts everything onto the primary monitor if left unattended for 15 minutes.

I have windows 10 at home but I'm not a huge fan. It's decent. It's not the pro version so I don't know if that's better and not as touch oriented.

I just got 2 new workstations at my office and got both with Windows 7 pro

I run Kubuntu Xenial and use bare ARES Commander for drawing. I'm writing my own survey CAD program, but it's not usable for drawing yet.

Thanks guys. I've been using 8.1 for a couple of years now and the computers that I've been looking at have all had 10 pro on them.

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I've found Win10 Pro to be fine, as long as there are drivers for your peripherals. I had to retire my trusty old LaserJet 4 because there's no Win10 driver.

My primary workstation, which I bought in April, came with Win7, but I took advantage of the free upgrade to Win10. That workstation died a week ago last Friday, and Dell is still trying to figure out how to get it going again. They've replaced the motherboard once, and are going to replace it again tomorrow. (Why? Because, if you ask me, they're chasing their tails.) From what I've been reading, my Win10 license was locked to the original motherboard, which means that when the system is finally running again it won't be licensed to run Win10, and Microsoft reportedly won't migrate a free upgrade license to new system components. So I may have to revert to Win7 unless I want to pay $200 for a retail copy of Win10.

Jim Frame, post: 403503, member: 10 wrote: So I may have to revert to Win7 unless I want to pay $200 for a retail copy of Win10.

I would say that Dell should be on the hook for that.

Mark Mayer, post: 403400, member: 424 wrote: No problem with W10 and C3d2013, 2017

Mark,

I am also using C3d15 $16 on W10 and it has brought my desktop and laptop to a crawl, I am beginning to think a setting maybe wrong. They both worked great on 7 before I let windows update to 10. Both computers are I7 with SSD's and the desktop has 32G ram and a high dollar graphics card. It is almost like being back in the 80's and trying not to cause a regen in autocad.

Do you or anyone else have any suggestion for me to check out?

TIA
Ed

One unpleasant approach that sometimes works is installing the new operating system from scratch rather than via upgrade. The upgrade process sometimes seems to introduce significant inefficiencies necessary to make the old software and peripherals work with the new OS, so a clean install is almost always better. It comes with a high cost to existing systems, though: reinstallation and configuration of all software and personal settings.

My latest workstation (the one that's currently DOA) came with Win 7, and I immediately upgraded it to Win10. Then I created a Win10 install disk, wiped the drive and did a fresh install, all *before* loading any software. Not only did I avoid the inefficiencies mentioned above, I also avoided the bloatware installed by Dell.

My current troubles are, I believe, hardware-related, and only manifested after the system had been performing wonderfully for over 6 months, so I don't think there's any relationship between my setup approach and the recent failure.

ekillo, post: 403731, member: 773 wrote: Mark,

I am also using C3d15 $16 on W10 and it has brought my desktop and laptop to a crawl, I am beginning to think a setting maybe wrong. They both worked great on 7 before I let windows update to 10. Both computers are I7 with SSD's and the desktop has 32G ram and a high dollar graphics card. It is almost like being back in the 80's and trying not to cause a regen in autocad.

Do you or anyone else have any suggestion for me to check out?

TIA
Ed

Ed, I have the same setup running on two machines without any noticeable speed problems. My work station is similar to yours but my laptop is 7 year old tech. I would do as Jim suggests and try a clean install.